Dassault Mirage IV
E251220
military aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
strategic bomber
supersonic aircraft
twin‑engine jet aircraft
The Dassault Mirage IV is a French twin‑engine supersonic strategic bomber and reconnaissance aircraft developed during the Cold War as France’s primary nuclear strike platform.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dassault Mirage IV canonical | 2 |
| Dassault Mirage IV (testbed) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2247074 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dassault Mirage IV Context triple: [Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, hasExhibit, Dassault Mirage IV]
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A.
Dassault Mirage III
The Dassault Mirage III is a French single-engine delta-wing fighter aircraft introduced in the late 1950s, notable as one of the first successful European supersonic combat jets and widely exported and used in numerous conflicts.
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B.
Dassault Mirage 2000
The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine fourth-generation jet fighter known for its delta-wing design and service with numerous air forces worldwide.
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C.
Dassault Rafale
The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, multirole fighter aircraft designed for air superiority, ground attack, reconnaissance, and nuclear deterrence missions.
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D.
Dassault Falcon
Dassault Falcon is a family of high-performance French business jets produced by Dassault Aviation, known for their long range, advanced avionics, and tri-jet and twin-jet designs.
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E.
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon
The Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon is a large, twin-engine, heavy-lift military transport and anti-submarine helicopter developed in France in the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dassault Mirage IV Target entity description: The Dassault Mirage IV is a French twin‑engine supersonic strategic bomber and reconnaissance aircraft developed during the Cold War as France’s primary nuclear strike platform.
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A.
Dassault Mirage III
The Dassault Mirage III is a French single-engine delta-wing fighter aircraft introduced in the late 1950s, notable as one of the first successful European supersonic combat jets and widely exported and used in numerous conflicts.
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B.
Dassault Mirage 2000
The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine fourth-generation jet fighter known for its delta-wing design and service with numerous air forces worldwide.
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C.
Dassault Rafale
The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, multirole fighter aircraft designed for air superiority, ground attack, reconnaissance, and nuclear deterrence missions.
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D.
Dassault Falcon
Dassault Falcon is a family of high-performance French business jets produced by Dassault Aviation, known for their long range, advanced avionics, and tri-jet and twin-jet designs.
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E.
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon
The Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon is a large, twin-engine, heavy-lift military transport and anti-submarine helicopter developed in France in the 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military aircraft
ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ strategic bomber ⓘ supersonic aircraft ⓘ twin‑engine jet aircraft ⓘ |
| avionicsUpgrade | Mirage IVP mid‑life modernization ⓘ |
| combatUse |
reconnaissance missions during the Gulf War
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reconnaissance missions over the Middle East ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| crewPositions | pilot and navigator ⓘ |
| designedFor | strategic nuclear deterrence ⓘ |
| designFeature |
high‑altitude penetration capability
ⓘ
in‑flight refuelling probe ⓘ |
| engineModel | SNECMA Atar 9B ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredReconnaissanceRole | 1970s ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1959-06-17 ⓘ |
| height | 5.40 m ⓘ |
| introducedIntoService | 1964 ⓘ |
| length | 23.50 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Dassault Aviation ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
Mach 2.2
ⓘ
around 2340 km/h at altitude ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | 33000 kg ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Mirage IV ⓘ |
| nuclearWeaponCarried |
AN-11 nuclear bomb
ⓘ
AN-22 nuclear bomb ⓘ ASMP nuclear missile ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator |
French Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Strategic Air Forces of France
|
| primaryRole | nuclear strike aircraft ⓘ |
| programContext |
Force de frappe
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surface form:
Force de frappe (French nuclear deterrent)
|
| range | about 4000 km with external tanks ⓘ |
| retiredFromNuclearRole | 1996 ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | 2005 ⓘ |
| roleOfMirageIVA | free‑fall nuclear bomber ⓘ |
| roleOfMirageIVP | stand‑off nuclear and reconnaissance platform ⓘ |
| secondaryRole | strategic reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 20000 m ⓘ |
| usedBy | French Air Force ⓘ |
| variant |
Mirage IV
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surface form:
Mirage IVA
Mirage IVP ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | delta wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 11.85 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dassault Mirage IV Description of subject: The Dassault Mirage IV is a French twin‑engine supersonic strategic bomber and reconnaissance aircraft developed during the Cold War as France’s primary nuclear strike platform.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Olympus
this entity surface form:
Dassault Mirage IV (testbed)